The manual is designed to effectively prepare for the Unified State Exam in History. It includes a variety of materials for performing all types of tasks and especially the tasks of part 3 (C), requiring the graduate to be able to formulate his own position, using various historical information and assessments for argumentation, as well as the ability to compose a portrait of a historical figure of any era (task C6). The manual is addressed to teachers and methodologists, as well as high school students for self-study for the exam.